I'm Alex. Product builder in creator monetization, live video and advertising.
Senior VP, Product, Sovren Technologies, where I lead product and engineering. I am a builder, replacing the line between PM, design and engineering with a single loop: spec it, design it, ship it.
Recent Milestones
- 2023Acquired two companies; merged 175 people into one org
- 2024Self-serve ad platform, 0→1
- 2025Live ads: server-side insertion, on our own edge
- 2026Creator payouts: a revenue share three degrees out
- 2026Creator Studio: subscriptions and memberships, 0→1
- 2026Creator payouts on ad revenue, three degrees out
- 2026Led the org's AI transformation
Selected work
Creator payouts that doubled as acquisition
Creator payments · 2026I built the creator payout on a share of ad revenue, three degrees out, and sold it to agencies as a network. It became our primary user acquisition strategy.
Creator Studio
Creator economy · 2026I stopped selling reach and sold creators a hub: write once, schedule it, post to every app they use, and earn from one library. 1,000+ creators paid through it.
The Self Serve Ad Platform
Ad tech · 2024I led our ad management platform from vision to production, bringing the auction and the floors in-house across five products. Self-serve now carries 60% of ad revenue.
Leading product through two acquisitions
Leadership · 2024–2026I ran product through two acquisitions: ten products, six domains, five product managers and my own, on a team that changed in people and scope every quarter.
CrushSuite
Side project · 2023I founded CrushSuite with three others, took it 0→1, and 55+ wineries now run their compliance through it.
Live streaming + SSAI
Ad tech · 2025I led product for live streaming with server-side ad insertion, concept to production, and it has served 10M+ ad impressions on an edge we own.
Product, design and engineering, one builder
Product builder · 2026I designed, built and shipped a new analytics product end to end, and it became a reason wineries choose us.
Core Discovery
SocialI owned the core discovery engine, ranking and recommendations together, the system that decides what every viewer sees.
AI: where it goes, and where it doesn't
Leadership · 2026I led the AI transformation across all 175 people and our vendors, and took releases from every two weeks to twice a week.